Every summer brings complaints of speeding and hazardous intersections. As in Manhattan, the roads here were really not designed to hold this volume of traffic. These are three hot spots in Bridgehampton and recent efforts to remedy them.

1. Butter Lane Railroad Trestle - The danger trifecta: speed, blocked view and narrow lanes.  The Town has made some recent efforts to bandaid the problem. They fixed the drainage so that the underpass no longer floods in stormy weather. And after a lengthy legislative process, Councilwoman Nancy Graboski got additional stop signs posted. But the Town can't truly fix this problem. The LIRR, owner of the bridge, needs to reconstruct it. Judging by their blatant disregard for the East End, it is doubtful that this will happen anytime soon.

2. School St./Church Ln./Hildreth Ln. "Y"  - There are really no rules on how to navigate this impossible intersection. Accidents are somewhat uncommon here, only because of the lack of traffic on the upper spur of Church. Former Councilman Dennis Suskind got engineers working on a traffic solution. Now that he has retired from Town government, what has happened to his plan?

3. Scuttle Hole Road: the entire stretch - The county Medevac has made more visits to Scuttle Hole Road than to any other location in our area. It is a series of dangerous intersections which seem to beckon speeders.  Although the Bridgehampton Citizens' Advisory Committee (BHCAC) and several individual residents have actively worked to get the Town to remedy the problems, it has taken years to get poorly-implemented fixes.  The Town Highway department did make some drainage fixes near Channing Daughters, but comically placed the drains above grade, so the water doesn't drain and freezes in winter.  Early last winter, with the approval and praise of the BHCAC, the Town constructed a roundabout at Scuttle Hole & Mitchell Lane. During the extensive planning process, the BHCAC specifically asked the engineers if the circle was large enough, to which the engineers replied "yes."  The BHCAC also requested that the corner of Millstone Rd. be squared off to improve sight lines and that the drainage on Millstone be fixed.  The roundabout is scary. It is difficult to see if other cars are in the circle or if they are going too fast. And the traffic is building up on Scuttle Hole, to the detriment to the Farm Stand. Complaints were made to the Town in January 2006, immediately after installation. The Town responded that the roundabout was indeed constructed properly and that it would not be changed—that drivers would need to "get used to it."